Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-28
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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New Locals-J. 4 B. Kemper, Ritter & Raj
ston, Grove City College.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Il giant moose, weighing 1900 pounds,
wa, lately killed in the forests of Name.
The notice from Euclid reached us too
late last week and appears in this paper.
The school boys of this town had great
time planting trees last Friday, and some OF
the school girls planted bushes.
eMr. JOS Purvis is excavatiag fer a
residence on his lot ON North end of Main
street.
Miss Stella Negley. is on visit to
fsiends in Piitsburg aud Philadelphia.
-Aiet black English sparrow was lately
seen among flock in the northern part OF
this town.
The new residences Of C. A. Hite and
John Kihm on the hill east of town are
both large buildings.
The N. Y. papers are complaining OF
their Wretched pavements, but the editors
do not know what they are talking about,
and never will till they visit Butler.
-Pittsburg is to have another nine story
building. 1t is to built at the corner or
Ninth street and Penn avenue. by the Phila-
de.phia Gas Co., and will cost Sl20,OOO.
The north side of Penn street between
Main and Washington, has been opened to
the required width, and looks much better.
On Monday of this week new time tables
went iato effect on the 5. & A. and P. q w.
Railrosds. and the changes are noted in our
time tables.
The p. & W. R. r. Co. has purchased
the pisnt and leases of the Keystone Coal
and Coke Co. at Roy station on the ). q A.
R.R.
Our stcrekeepers are paying $3.50 q
bush. Il for chestnuts. A Parker township
farmer is said to have gathered $25 worth
this season.
A SON of J. A. Morrison of Branchton,
sxeS years, fell into a bucket of hot
water few days ago and was so oadiy
scalded that he died on Monday OF this
week.
The Erie Express on the S. & A. R.R
collided with a gravel train ar>Groye City
jest Wednesday. Both engines were wreck
ed but nobody was hurt.
Mr. Reed Bracken of COnnoquenessing
township, formerly of Oakland, is at present
recovering from severe attack of typhoid
fever His daughter was also down with the
ssme dissate bat has recovered.
Mr. Mccullough dug the first grave in
the new Catholic cemetry last Tuesday
1t was made for child of Mr.. Geor ge
Baer of Water St; whose wife is daugh-
ter Mr.. Jordan Eyth.
e Al. r.w he
ssroacA the Schenck building are Sx12 feet
and ahsnt inches thick. They come from
Hamburg. Mercer Co; are split instead OF
sawed, ana are said TO be tougher than
Berea stone.
David Barnbart, of MiiIeYstown, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat, On last FIJI
dav afternoon He was about IS years of
age. was married ard leaves a wife and sew
,sral children This was his second attempt
at selfdcstruction.
"A report come to town yesterday that
szaa named Rodgers living above Mil
lerst0Tn, had committed attempted to
commit sEicide. but we can secure no veri'
fcation of il. 1t is also reported that Plum
mer Bell is getting worse.
Joseph Darling. a farmer, oyer so years
of aye, totally blind, living in Brighton town
ship, Beaver county, has thus far this year
husked 200 bushels OF corn and threshed by
hand about 20 bushels of buck wheat. he
goes about the premises alone and unaided.
save By stout hickory csae with which he
feels his wsy.
"A valuable horse was stolen from James
Leonard. of Parker towaship, on Satur-
dav nfght. the 10Th inst. II was left at the
Duauense Wsy market ia Pittsburg for safe,
was identified, end On Thursday the man who
left him, Harry Shupe, Of Parker. was arrest
Ell and locked up. Shupe was brought here
and put in jail Friday evening.
-Franklin is going 70 try small section
Of street paved with FIRE brick. They are
sst on edge, with space enough between, to
JEise o footing for the toe or heel caulks OF
hoesas. II it stands the wear and teGr OF
travel as expected, and a. reported from
other tosns where similar pavements have
been laid, franklin will probably adopt it
for paving purposes generally. Butler
night keep an eye on these several expert
nsents, for she will need some good paving
maAcrial before many days.
A nice point in the law of slander, which
nay be OF interest to some Butler people at
prseent, came up Ia Court No. of Phila-
dibpAia county last Saturday. Both the de-
fendant and plaintiff are married women liv-
ing with their husbands and are near Esigh-
hors. For some time before SUIT was Drought
Hrs. Whalen, 60 states her counsel, Thomas
j. Fahy. was annoyed by Mrs. Gabel accus-
ing her of keeping disreputable house.
Mrs. Gable also reported this TO the police
mes on the beat. An investigation was
rnads and the charge was Shown to be false
aud that Mrs. Whalen is q very reputable
womsn. Asnit was brought by Mrs. Whalen
against Mrs. Gsbel and the question came up
whether Mrs Gabel could be arrested on a
capias. Judge Thaytr said that while the
Court would gladly hear anything Mr.. Fahy
had to say it was under the impression that
nothing in the new law changed the old.
which held that married woman was not
liable to arrest On civil process. Mr.
Fahy contended that under the new law they
could not recover damages from the husband
for the wrong doing Of the wife and as she
hsd no property she might continue her
sslaaders without fear of molestation or pun-
jshn,eat. The court reserved Its decision.